Patents by Inventor Gregory Kent Myers

Gregory Kent Myers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Levitated micro-manipulator system
    Patent number: 8686602
    Abstract: A method of propelling a magnetic manipulator above a circuit substrate includes arranging a magnetic manipulator on a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the circuit substrate, generating drive signals using a controller, and applying the drive signals to at least two conductive traces arranged in the circuit substrate below the diamagnetic layer. A circuit substrate to control movement of a magnetic manipulator has a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the substrate, and conductive traces arranged under the diamagnetic layer, the conductive traces arranged in a parallel line pattern in at least two separate layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Ronald E. Pelrine, Gregory Kent Myers, Annjoe Wong-Foy, James A. Herson, Thomas P. Low